Sunday Sweets: Strawberry Edition

by Elizabeth LaBau

[It’s that time again—time for a round-up of all the candy shenanigans I’ve been up to this week! Shenanigans like these…]

Truffles are good. Fresh strawberries are good. So when you combine the two, you KNOW the results are going to be good! In these Inside-Out Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, soft ganache is piped into fresh strawberries. They’re sort of like their own self-contained appetizer/dessert. (Appessert? Double consonants never tasted so good.) The ganache is loose, so it stays soft at room temperature, blending perfectly into the juicy berries. Yes please.

But maybe you prefer to stuff your strawberries with cheesecake instead of truffles. Never fear, there’s something here for you too. Cheesecake-Stuffed Strawberries actually call for mascarpone instead of cream cheese, because I love the milder, sweeter taste of mascarpone. But if you’re a cream cheese fan you can definitely use that instead. Just don’t skip the lemon zest, which positively makes these candies.

I’ve saved the weirdest for last. To be honest, I wasn’t sure what I would think of the combination of peanut butter and strawberries, but as it turns out, I’m a fan! Strawberry Peanut Butter Bites have sort of a sweet-and-salty flavor combination going on, like sea salt caramels or chocolate-dipped pretzels. The filling is a mix of peanut butter and chocolate, then they’re dipped in an outer coating of chocolate to hold everything together. It’s a fun, unusual twist on basic chocolate-covered strawberries.